Hi Bob, Lot of thanks for your detail information and time spent for its preparation. Maybe there is a misunderstanding. I am not going to buy a new hard disk and transfer data from the old disk to the former after configure it. I can only make use of CDRW and CD-Writer to assist this job. Anyway thank for your advice Stephen At 12:18 AM 10/15/2002 -0400, Robert L. Cochran wrote: >To me this is all pretty simple now that I've done it at least one time. >But it does take careful study and it costs some money. > >I haven't tested this procedure on a source disk which contains both Linux >and Microsoft Windows partitions. So I don't know how well this will work >on such a source disk. I have done it on a source disk containing only >Linux partitions. It went just fine. The method used here does not in any >way destroy your source drive, so you always have a full backup of the >data right there. Of course, you want to make absolutely sure that you >don't partition your source drive by accident. So pay close attention to >the device names. > >Step 1. Read the hard drive upgrade how-to at the Linux Documentation Project. > >Step 2. Read the partitioning how-to as well. > >Step 2a. Use df -h to get a clear idea of the partitions on the old >(source) disk. I assume this disk is mounted and df shows all the >partitions of every mounted volume. > >Step 3. Power down your computer. Open your computer case. Add a new hard >drive to it. It can be any size equal to or larger than your present >drive. Make sure you know the device name of the new drive. > >Step 4. Partition the new drive to the sizes you want for each partition. >Format partitions for the desired filesystems. Before partitioning, make >real sure this is definitely the drive you want to partition. > >Step 5. Transfer data from the old hard drive to the new drive following >the instructions given in the hard drive upgrade how-to. Pay very close >attention to what the how-to suggests. > >Step 6. Don't forget to assign disk labels with the 'e2label' program. > >Step 7. Adjust /etc/fstab if needed. > >Step 8. Power down computer. Swap the new hard drive with the old hard >drive. Reboot the computer. > >Step 9. Check that all is well. You should be just fine. Possibly you may >need to add forgotten disk labels with e2label and/or make further >adjustments with /etc/fstab. If need be, use your Linux CD #1 and go into >rescue mode to fix these. > >Notice that the old disk is the backup disk. If you are sure that you >didn't miss copying any files, you can put the old drive to other uses. >Otherwise just put it in an antistatic bag and shelve it somewhere safe >for a few weeks. > >This process can be made much easier with an ADS USB 2.0 drive adapter >containing the new disk which is plugged into a USB hub, but I haven't >tested this method yet. I'm concerned about the relatively low USB 1.1 >transfer speeds you will get if you plug into a USB 1.1 style hub. > >Bob Cochran >Greenbelt, Maryland, USA > > > >Stephen Liu wrote: > >>Hi Muhammad, >> >>Thanks for your detail advice. >> >>At 09:52 PM 10/14/2002 -0400, you wrote: >> >>>You have 3 partitions... >>>How big are these partitions and what are these partitions mounted on? >>>I guess partition /dev/hda1 is "/" and /dev/hda2 is the physical which >>>holds the >>>logical /dev/hda3 swap partition. In which case you may as well re-install, >>>or use some backup software or ghosting utility. >> >> >>1) >> >>I will check it later because I am answering your posting on a Windows >>machine. >> >>The hard drive is 40G in size which was running RH7.3 only, now upgraded >>to RH8.0 It was not installed by me previously. >> >>There is plenty of free space there. Now my job is to resize existing >>partitions getting more free space and add new partitions for users. >> >>I have Norton Ghost and I am in doubt whether it runs on Linux. I also >>have Instant Recovery which runs on CDRom, backup OS drive without >>starting it and write directly on CD-Writer. I have used the Windows >>version of the later on Windows environment but never use the Linux >>version on Linux. On Windows It can backup partitions and restore them >>selectively. >> >>>Is there a real special setup you have on this machine that you choose not >>>to re-install, if not i'd go for the re-install option. By far the most >>>stress free, and just back-up your user data and any special config files >>>that may aid a speedy re-configuration of your newly re-installed system. >> >> >>2) >> >>Yes, there are some special setup and special applications running on RH8.0 >> >>>You are backing up on to CD, unfortunately there is no magic command to >>>restore the backup data, unless you were using some special backup software >>>or ghost utility in which case you could have this magic command. >> >> >>3) >> >>Please refer to my reply in point 1) above. >> >> >>>I have had similar problems over the last few months i solved them by >>>getting an >>>80GB hard drive. My desktop machine which now has two HDs a 20GB Primary >>>Master with 5 partitions. /dev/hda1 is a Windoze XP partition, >>>/dev/hda2 is a >>>RH8 partition, and /dev/hda3 is a SlackWare 8.1 partition, /dev/hda4 is >>>physical >>>partition which holds /dev/hda5 my logical swap partition, which is used >>>by both >>>Slack and RH. All my user data, music, movies, and software are held on >>>my Primary >>>Slave which also has quite a few partitions but one in particular that >>>is just used >>>in case I need to backup a partition to re-install one of the OS's or >>>something. >> >> >>That is what I do on Windows machine, slave drive or a partition "Drive >>D". But I stop allowing 2 OSs sharing a hard drive after an accident, >>partition table collapse. It took me very long time and paintsticking >>effort to get the drive and all data back. >> >>I could not resolve if I have all users partitions on slave drive how can >>Linux finds the respective folder for him automatically when a user >>starts Linux and login. Any special links have to be created >> >>>My drive cost me about £75 GBP, and believe me it is much less of a >>>headache to >>>re-install and mess with my system now. >> >> >>Yes, that is true. But in this case it is a dual OS PC, RH8.0 and WinXP >>with their own hard drive mounted on mobile rack. I don't know what will >>happen if a RH8.0 Slave is attached to WinXP, secondly how to make use of >>the free space in Primary drive >> >>Thanks >> >>Stephen >> >> >> > > > >-- >Psyche-list mailing list >Psyche-list@redhat.com >https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list -- Psyche-list mailing list Psyche-list@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list
